1 Complete the sentences with present tenses, present perfect and past simple.

1 The Bible ……………………….. (sell) more copies than any other book. HAS SOLD

2 In his thirties David …………….. (spend) many years travelling around Asia. SPENT

3 A: What’s the noise? B: Jim ……………. (snore). He ....................... (suffer) from this
condition for years. IS SNORING, HAS SUFFERED

4 Because of the immediate threat of war, many people ………………. (leave) the country. ARE LEAVING
(HAVE LEFT)

5 This month we …………………………. (work) at the weekend too. I just can’t get used ………………….(not have)
little free time. (ARE WORKING, TO NOT HAVING)

6 Since Hank ………….. (win) the lottery, his telephone ……………… (not stop) ringing. He …………………… (ask)
by his friends whether he will lend them any money. (WON, HASN’T STOPPED, IS BEING ASKED)

7 The airline currently ………………… (reduce) tickets to Spain, but for one month only. (IS CURRENTLY
REDUCING)

8 Ella loves learning languages. She ……………… (speak) four languages fluently. (SPEAKS)


2 Correct any mistakes.

1 I go swimming in the evenings because I can’t get used to getTING up early.

2 Fred COLLECTS stamps in his free time. He HAS collected hundreds of stamps already.

3 Mum IS still RECOVERING from the operation and IS SPENDING most of her time resting in bed.

4 I KNEW him when we were both working at IBM.

5 Monica has hated living in Rome ever since she moved there in 2016. If only she could go back to
Madrid.

6 A lot of people HAVE asked me about the bankruptcy but I always say it’s none of their business.

7 The sportsman [DEL: has :DEL] represented his country very well, but WAS forced to retire after
an injury.

8 Jane ADMITS she can’t do her job as well as she used to. Yesterday she GAVE her notice.